Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Beef Pasta Dish

I was trying to figure out what to call tonight's dinner. I first goulash but I looked up the definition of that and it said that to be called goulash it paprika would be used, well I didn't use any paprika so I just went with beef pasta dish.

Beef Pasta Dish
1/2 package elbow macaroni, cooked and drained
1 pound ground beef sausage (this is what we used which comes from a local source Mountain Run Farm, but you can use just ground beef)
1 onion, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 large clove of garlic, pressed
1 can diced tomatoes
1 jar of homemade tomato sauce
A small amount of tomato paste (see note below)
Dried oregano
Dried basil
Brushetta Herb mix
Salt and Pepper
In a large skillet, add a little bit of olive oil and heat skillet to medium high. Add onion and cook until soft, add garlic. Add beef and break into small pieces as it cooks. Add bell pepper and tomato sauce. Cook until beef is cooked through. Add diced tomatoes with juice and a small amount of tomato paste. Mix all ingredients together. Add herbs (I used a couple of pinches of each but it will be really up to your taste) and stir. Add cooked macaroni to meat mixture and stir. Serve with freshly grated Parmesan cheese. Note: When using a can of tomato paste, (usually you only use a tablespoon or two) I freeze the leftovers into a small snack sized ziploc bag. Mash tomato paste so that it is flat in the bag, place in freezer. The tomato paste won't stick to the inside of the bag once frozen, you will be able to remove it from the freezer and using a sharp knife cut off a section that you will need to cook with, place the bag back in freezer to use for next time. That way you have no waste.

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